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How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Video
Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…
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How to Start Growing Onions in wet weather in cell trays with Planting Video
Last year our Onions rotted in our Raised Beds. It was just too wet constantly outdoors so I don’t want the same thing happening this year. I’m determined to harvest some onions this year so I need to try a different approach. This year I am going to start our onion sets off in a…
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Sowing and Growing Sweet Peppers – Part 1 – Origins, Types and Nutrition
What is a Sweet Pepper? A Sweet pepper is a pepper with no heat, that is sweet or fruity in flavour. Sweet Peppers are from the capsicum family of which chilli peppers also belong to. A Bell Pepper is zero on the scoville heat scale and a Sweet Pepper is 1-500 on the scoville heat…
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February – Buy & Chit your Seed Potatoes & How To Plant Potatoes
Growing Potatoes in a container is one of the easiest ways of getting into growing your own vegetables. What does First Early, Second Early and Maincrop mean? First Earlies Plant: Mid March to Mid April. Harvest: Mid June to Mid July. These potatoes are the quickest growers they take 10-12 weeks (3 months) from planting…
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Broad Beans – Part 3 – How To Grow Checklist for Beginners – Free PDF
I know how daunting it can be when you are a beginning vegetable grower and you don’t know where to start. I was that beginner a few years ago. This is why I have created the How to Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans Checklist to help you through the sowing and growing stages with…
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Growing Broad Beans – Part 3 – How To Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans – Free PDF Checklist
I know how daunting it can be when you are a beginning vegetable grower and you don’t know where to start. I was that beginner a few years ago. This is why I have created the How to Sow, Grow and Harvest Broad Beans Checklist to help you through the sowing and growing stages with…
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Vegetable Seeds to Sow in February – Top 5 Veg that take a long time a grow.
The weather is still cold in the UK however the hours of light have increased, making it the perfect time to start sowing vegetable seeds of that take the longest time to grow. Here’s some ideas to get you started. Top 5 Vegetables that take a long time to grow 1. Parsnip – 180 days…
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Growing Broad Beans – Part 1 – Origins, Nutrition & Growing Conditions
This year I’ll be diving into the nitty gritty on how to grow your own vegetable favourites and unusual vegetables, by teaching you what varieties are available for your vegetable gardens, when to start sowing seeds, growing requirements and top tips like how to keep the pests off your prized plants. First up are one…
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Why are my Tomatoes not going red? 3 Top Tips to get Tomatoes to turn Red
Sometimes it feels like a lifetime waiting for tomatoes to ripen to red especially when they were sown in January or February and now it’s Late July and you can’t wait any longer! However all hope is not lost, there are 3 things you can do start the process of turning green tomatoes red. 3…
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Growing Unusual Vegetables – Summer Squash – Petty Pan (Sow Apr-Early June & Harvest July onwards)
Summer squash is a unique shaped scalloped little vegetable and does not look anything like a butternut squash. It has a flying saucer shape to it and it can fit in the palm of your hand. They come in white, yellow and green. Summer squashes come in two types, Baby Squash also known as Petty…
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